Policy Analysis for California Education
Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and Executive Director of Policy Analysis for California Education, an independent research center based at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and USC
Has Governor Brown Declared War on the University of California? As a regent of the University of California, Governor Brown voted "No" in November, when President Janet Napolitano proposed increased tuition . She calls that the only alternative to more state money. Last week, Brown revealed a state budget that increases UC funding. But, it's not as much as Napolitano says she needs — and Brown says she won't even get that if tuition is increased.
How was the trip? President Trump's travels got less fun as he went from the Middle East to Europe.
Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.
Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
Venezuela spirals into economic and political chaos Venezuela, a country whose potential for prosperity is unmatched, finds itself on the verge of civil war. What sustains the repressive government? With time running out, guest host León Krauze looks at what the international community can do to pull the country from the edge of collapse.